Quality of Life Issues

Bars, Nightlife, Quality of Life Issues, Red Hook News

Incoming Karaoke-Type Nightclub in Red Hook Raises Some Concerns

A members-only nightclub with 26 private rooms and 26 bathrooms is coming to Red Hook, replete with liquor and a private waitstaff. The principals of KS Dreamland pleaded their case before the Permits & Licenses Committee of Community Board 6, which recommended approval of the club’s liquor license with the only proviso being that they close a bit earlier than […]

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Land Use, NYCHA, Quality of Life Issues, Real Estate

Community Concerns Raised at Latest DCP Gowanus Rezoning Forum

City Planning’s February 6th event to show the public the progress of their Gowanus rezoning plan turned into a kerfluffle when the 5th Avenue Committee sent Red Hook’s Karen Blondel into the PS 32 auditorium with chairs and a megaphone. “After two years of community engagement in this process, the City of New York continues to exclude any commitments to […]

Bars, Local Issues - Red Hook, Quality of Life Issues

Beard Street Compromise? by Sarah Matusek

Community Board 6’s (CB6) Permits & Licenses committee meeting on June 26 voted four yeas and one nay to the approval of an on-premise liquor license for Narrow Water Brewing at 158 Beard St., contingent upon a stipulation that addresses some community concerns. The bar agreed to only stay open until 11 p.m. from Sunday through Wednesday and 1 a.m. […]

Quality of Life Issues, Transportation

Red Hook still waiting for next stop light, by Sarah Matusek

Some pedestrians who cross Van Brunt Street at Pioneer Street are likely to hold their breath. Locally known as a dangerous crossing, the busy three-way intersection has already inspired community efforts to install a traffic signal. As Red Hook gains a ferry landing this month and the neighborhood absorbs more traffic, efforts for increased street safety remain in planning stages. […]

Community Board 6, Quality of Life Issues

Possible Bar Brawl on Beard, by Sarah Matusek

UPDATE June 6, 2017: The liquor license applicant’s 500 foot rule hearing has been rescheduled to Thursday, June 29 at 11 am. The public hearing will be held on the fourth floor of 317 Lenox Avenue in Manhattan. The stretch of Beard Street that runs between Van Brunt and Conover is home to multiple families with children. Since Sandy, new […]